Tam
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
#12008
recorded as boys
Down 1,070 since 2024
Babies in 2025
10
girls 5 · boys 5
Peak year
1982
46 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,889
since 1924
Born a Tam? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Tam was most popular in 1982, when 46 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.03 per 1,000). In 2025, 5 babies were named Tam, ranking #14942 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 54%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 6 | 10938 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10312 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 13464 | 5 | 12146 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | 8 | 8889 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9806 | 12 | 6703 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14124 | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9411 | 10 | 7605 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10866 | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | 12 | 8966 | 8 | 8781 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9612 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9711 | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 11 | 7009 |
| 2010 | 17 | 7217 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 11 | 9975 | 14 | 6095 |
| 2008 | 16 | 7742 | 19 | 4901 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10818 | 19 | 4808 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9901 | 14 | 5781 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8330 | 18 | 4631 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9892 | 19 | 4421 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | 14 | 5271 |
| 2002 | 21 | 5444 | 18 | 4322 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5822 | 18 | 4302 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8027 | 16 | 4573 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | 17 | 4162 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8016 | 20 | 3597 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | 12 | 4960 |
| 1996 | 13 | 6723 | 20 | 3406 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8766 | 28 | 2626 |
| 1994 | 11 | 7604 | 20 | 3326 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8719 | 28 | 2577 |
| 1992 | 18 | 5267 | 30 | 2412 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10271 | 29 | 2406 |
| 1990 | 15 | 5835 | 36 | 2049 |
| 1989 | 17 | 5049 | 35 | 2027 |
| 1988 | 19 | 4496 | 26 | 2305 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5613 | 33 | 1896 |
| 1986 | 22 | 3757 | 33 | 1837 |
| 1985 | 15 | 4860 | 35 | 1724 |
| 1984 | 18 | 4166 | 41 | 1507 |
| 1983 | 21 | 3687 | 33 | 1711 |
| 1982 | 18 | 4167 | 46 | 1395 |
| 1981 | 12 | 5571 | 31 | 1811 |
| 1980 | 14 | 4978 | 20 | 2444 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | 19 | 2465 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7567 | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | 20 | 2245 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | 12 | 3078 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | 7435 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | 4222 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 12 | 3740 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 14 | 3515 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 29 | 2211 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 25 | 2414 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | 3060 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 24 | 2432 | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | 37 | 1820 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | 1872 | 8 | 3033 |
| 1957 | 20 | 2563 | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | 14 | 3186 | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | 12 | 3377 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | 4278 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 13 | 3040 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | 3612 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 7 | 3010 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | 4960 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | 4574 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 5 | 4347 |
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Recorded as girls 48% · boys 52% across all years